Related: From Nick Davis's list of the five best directors of 2006: "In The Departed, Scorsese takes glorious recourse to his florid command of editing, actors, and camera orientation, speaking the language of pop film back to itself and oscillating his images between a humane, naturalistic depth of field (all the rooftop sequences) and a high-style flatness (the police headquarters). Marty's finger is on every button of this movie, and boy does he know how to push them."

Updated through 2/5.

"And because he didn't think it was an award season movie, and didn't wear his Oscar hopes on his sleeve, the master auteur is easing on down the road to an Oscar win," adds Anne Thompson.

Pity Scorsese didn't win an Oscar when he used to make much more interesting and adventurous movies - actually a long time ago.

Posted by: ronald bergan at February 5, 2007 4:36 AM

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